据离岸工程2月20日报道称，保加利亚政府周三表示，其已允许荷兰皇家壳牌公司向西班牙雷普索尔公司转让其在其黑海海岸线上一个区块的20％的油气开采权。

去年12月，壳牌被允许将其30％的钻探权转让给澳大利亚伍德赛德能源公司。

作为结束对俄罗斯天然气供应近乎完全依赖的努力的一部分，这个巴尔干半岛国家在2016年与壳牌公司签订了深水勘探钻探合同。

保加利亚能源部表示， Khan Kubrat1-14区块的第一口勘探井预计将于4月开始钻探。

董飞 摘译自 离岸工程

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Shell, Repsol Team Up Offshore Bulgaria

Bulgaria has given permission to Royal Dutch Shell to transfer 20 percent of the rights to explore a block off its Black Sea coastline for gas and oil to Spain's Repsol, the government said on Wednesday.

In December, Shell was allowed to transfer 30 percent of its drilling rights to Australia's Woodside Energy.

The Balkan country contracted Shell for deepwater exploratory drilling in 2016 as part of its efforts to end its almost complete reliance on Russia's natural gas supplies.

The drilling of the first exploration well in the 1-14 Khan Kubrat block is expected to start in April, the energy ministry said.